Judge Pikrammenos heads the interim government comprising mainly prominent university professors.
ATHENS: A caretaker government took office in Greece on Thursday to organise its second election in six weeks after an inconclusive May 6 vote as fears over a possible disorderly euro exit rocked Spain and Italy.
The May 6 election left Greece in limbo, pushing the financial markets and euro down sharply, and the new poll on June 17 offers no guarantee of a viable government able to implement an EU-IMF bailout which divided the country....
ATHENS: A caretaker government took office in Greece on Thursday to organise its second election in six weeks after an inconclusive May 6 vote as fears over a...
ATHENS: Greece's outgoing prime minister Lucas Papademos on Thursday warned that it would be disastrous for the country to heed mounting calls at home and...
WASHINGTON: White births in the United States are no longer in the majority, according to US Census Bureau data made public Thursday, a newspaper reported....
DAMASCUS: Syrian forces were accused Wednesday of summarily executing 15 civilians, as members of a UN team of observers were evacuated from a shelled town...
KUALA LUMPUR: The recent conviction of former US President George W Bush and several members of his administration by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal,...
SANTIAGO: A new gold rush is sweeping through Latin America with devastating consequences, ravaging tropical forests and dumping toxic chemicals as illegal...
THE HAGUE: The trial of wartime Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic opened before a UN court Wednesday, where he faces charges for some of the worst...
ATHENS: Debt-stricken Greece must prepare for its second elections in less than two months after failing to form a government, exacerbating the eurozone...
TBILISI: The weekend floods that killed five people in the Georgian capital exposed a side of the city not shown in the slick tourist ads -- the ramshackle...
ATHENS: Greece tries again Tuesday to form a government, hoping a technocrat solution to disputes over a tough EU-IMF bailout deal will avoid new polls...
